chapter 9

Stella's eyes flooded with tears and finally spilled, she did not want herself to look weak in front of him , but as he walked away , the tears in her eyes spilled out of anger, frustration and fear all at the same time .

Her tears don’t stop flowing as she moves slowly out ,away from the church , Away from home , her family ,her happiness.

She was not truly in the monster's mercy ,with no chance of escaping her fate.

Before she knew it she was forced into a car again with the evil man himself sitting across from her . Though the car was massive it still seemed too small for the huge dark figure of her husband.

She dare not move.

“Where are you taking me ??” she spoke in a defeated voice .

He did not speak , Stella avoided eye contact until his first sudden movement directly in her direction . Stella flinches as his hand reaches to her face ,  He surveys her tear stain face and jewelry all the way down to her dress then he speaks .

” the prison where you will spend your life from now my wife “ He mocked

His eye wander outside of the window, “you will address me as master , I do not tolerate mistakes, I will punish you and you will never forget to follow my order, do I make myself clear?”

Stella opened her mouth but no word came out. Fear grips her once more .

“I believe I asked you a question ,”  His eyes grow darker.

“Yes “ she whispered.

The rest of the ride they didn’t speak.

Stella managed to mentally calm herself a bit, Seeing there is nothing she could do to make things easier.

But she will not accept her fate, this is really unfair to her. She will Defy him, He is her husband  but she will try her best to defy him till the end of this 365 day.

Oh she is finally married .

It all happened to fast , Once she arrived dawn was upon  them , The menacing man didn’t speak and Stella didn’t dare ask anything,

She was escorted by two of his men to her room.

Although it didn’t look like a room more of a prison or a servant room.  It  was a small windowless room with only a bed , a small table , a chair  and a simple closet.

Ignoring all her questions the soldiers left the room. Looking at her door from outside.

Was this her fate? Was she to be locked up here until her days end? Being alone gave her the opportunity to think through the event of tonight

Her breath turned uneven as she began snivelling.

Growing up she learned that marriage is a beautiful bond. People who get married , love each other truly , be in their up and down , help each other in difficult times and share their happiness with each other .

But here she is in a name sake marriage , locked up in a prison like room  , She slump down one of the cobble walls and hug her legs, tears continually streaming down her face.

Not having slept the entire night before she slowly got up and took a few steps until she was lying on bed . She ended up tossing and turning at the mafia’s threat , she finally slept .

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Stella pov

I was awoken by the unlocking sound of a door. I quickly sat up in my bed, my head aching.

A gaurd opened the door and took a few steps towards me. He handed me a a red sleeveless dress and said,”boss is expecting you at lunch. I will come pick you up soon."

I thanked him with a smile. He stared at me for a while and then nodded and left. Kindness and manners must be a rarity if you're working here, I thought to myself.

I dreaded meeting the him again, how was I to look a murderer in the eyes and pretend that nothing had happened? I sighed and let my hand follow the soft fabric of the red dress.

I slowly take of my dress and slip into the new one. It fit me surprisingly well. Not having a mirror I didn't know if it suited me at all but I also didn't care.

About half an hour later I was led through the halls of the castle. The marble floors were covered with red carpets only showing the sides of the halls were made of marble.

I was left standing in front of a huge oak door as the gaurd took their positions at both sides next to the door. I looked at both of them confused but didn't get a reaction so I gently knocked on the door.

"Enter!"

The boss

I push the heavy door open and slip inside the room only to close it again. Since we've arrived this has been the first room with open windows letting the sunlight shine in.

POV ENDS

she was blinded by the brightness but enjoyed the ray of sunlight hitting her face.

Her eyes adjusted slowly and she looked around at the beautiful room in front of her. It was a tall, simple room with lots of light grey pillars and a huge wooden dining table. Probably made for big feasts.

It was bright and magnificent, the only thing dark about the room was the presence of the cruel man . their gaze meets for a second and she quickly looks downwards.

She sees him gesturing for her to sit, out of the corner of her eye, and she moves toward him and takes the chair on the side next to his.

she notices there not being anything on the table. 

She stare at her lap and wait for what feels like an eternity and then he clap his hand ,

Various  delicious food presented Infront of him , The room filled aroma of delicious food, Stella mouth watered .

But  when the servant  brought food for her it wasn’t mouth water at off , the smell of it made her throw up. Stella looked up at the man who was busy eating . Stella epti left her , she has no will to eat now , she just wanted to run out of the room. Be as far as possible.

She just stared at her food , Ethan looked up at her and smirked . “My dear wife , eat!!” he spoke with a deadly threat in his voice , making her shiver down her spine.

“Stella looked at her plate and then at Ethan to confirm if he was  serious, but she only met with glare. “

Stella wanted to cry then and there , this is what was describing 

a hell  life “ She doesn't want to cry in front of him . Consoling herself one last time , she picked up a spoon .

Stella made eye contact with Ethan who had a wide smirk on his face .

This time she did not remove her eye contact , Her serious star confused Ethon for a bit but he didn’t show it . Stella picked a spoon full of soup in her spoon still not removing eye contact , and placed  Immediately put the spoon in her mouth swallowing the soup , she was disgusted by it , she wanted to throw up, but she remained seated and smiled at him , tears flowed from her eyes  . Ethan's wide smirk immediately wiped off his face , he was sure she wouldn't eat or even taste the soup after its smell.  

He abruptly gets up from his massive chair, shocking me in the process, and she hears him taking a step in her direction.

her  eyes widened as he threw the bowl of soup out of her hand and walked away from the room in anger .

She immediately vomited the food out of her system, she couldn’t forget the day never .